Re: Global Computer Market quarter by quarter

"Snit" <usenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "weedhopper" <whopper@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> L9VXj.144214$Er2.7101@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 on 5/18/08 5:20 AM:
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>>>> More Fuzzy math?
>>>>
>>>> AAPL  net income 4.35 billion
>>>> MSFT  net income 16.42 billion.
>>>
>>> Did you realize that net income isn't the same as profit?
>>
>> Don't quit your day job.
>
> I did a few seconds of searching... emphasis mine:
>
> <http://www.investopedia.com/terms/n/netincome.asp>
>    -----
>    Net Income (NI)
>    1. A company's total earnings (or *PROFIT*).
>    -----
>
> <http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=net+income>
>    -----
>    net income
>    ... Also called aftertax profit, bottom line, net,
>    net profit, *PROFIT*.
>    -----
>
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_Income>
>    -----
>    Net income
>    Net income is an accounting term; in some countries
>    (such as the UK) *PROFIT* is the usual term
>    -----
>
> <http://www.freedictionary.org/?Query=net%20income>
>    -----
>    Search Result for "net income":
>    [syn: net income, net, net *PROFIT*, lucre, profit,
>    profits, earnings]
>    -----
>
> I do wonder what rabbit Tim Adams will try to pull out of his hat to
show
> how wrong I am and how right he is.  I bet he does not just admit to his
> error - that would be the mature thing for him to do.

He'll run true to form like Alan Baker and the others, and slither away 
quietly like a frightened eel.